LOPSA

The League of Professional System Administrators (LOPSA) is a nonprofit corporation with members throughout the world. Our mission is to advance the practice of system administration; to support, recognize, educate, and encourage its practitioners; and to serve the public through education and outreach on system administration issues.
First, LOPSA serves our members by providing them with services needed to become professionals. We serve you best by providing education, networking opportunities, access to the best thinking and advances in system administration, and the chance to participate in a wider community of professionals who face the same problems you do.
Second, we serve our profession by staking out our place in society. LOPSA aims to bring a voice to system administrators to society beyond. We want to educate the public, influence policy both corporate and legislative, and ensure that our voice is heard. We will reach this goal with outreach, research into sysadmin issues, and active efforts to expose the media and public to our viewpoints.
With technology at the forefront of many issues, many companies, and many lives, it’s time. It’s time that our voice was heard, it’s time that more people knew what system administrators do, and it’s time that we stand up for ourselves. In short, it’s time we grew up as a profession.